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“Riddle me this.”

– The Riddler (but not that garbage Jim Carrey version)

Recently, I blew a voiceover audition- I’m talking total crash & burn. Not “Crash Into Me is my JAM” crash, but more like, “WTF were were the Oscars thinking when they made ‘Crash’ a best picture winner” crash. It was pretty dang bad.

“You f****** suck d*** do the world a favor a die”

– My Internet Troll

You can imagine my surprise when I woke up to these words in an email a few days ago (uncensored, of course)- my first experience with an internet troll. Everyone’s first experience with a troll is unique. For those who don’t know, an internet troll’s MO is to get a rise out of people by making vile, derogatory comments. I had three responses to reading these kind words. First, there was total confusion, followed by amusement, followed by, “I have GOT to get this into a blog post somehow.” Read more…

“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.”

– Santa Claus

Flipping through the channels on my TV recently, I came across the movie “A Christmas Story 2.” For those who don’t know, this would be the straight-to-DVD sequel to the undisputed greatest Christmas movie of all time, “A Christmas Story”- I will fight anyone who doesn’t share my opinion on the greatness that is “A Christmas Story.”.

While I didn’t have high expectations, since there was nothing else on, I decided to give the remote a rest and see just how long I could watch this movie without changing the channel. Read more…